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Altered lung phospholipid metabolism in mice with targeted deletion of lysosomal-type phospholipase A2.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Jun 2005
Fisher Aron B, Dodia Chandra, Feinstein Sheldon I, Ho Ye-Shih
Abstract excerpt
Lung surfactant dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) is endocytosed by alveolar epithelial cells and degraded by lysosomal-type phospholipase A2 (aiPLA2). This enzyme is identical to peroxiredoxin 6 (Prdx6), a bifunctional protein with PLA2 and GSH peroxidase activities. Lung phospholipid was studied in Prdx6 knockout (Prdx6-/-) mice. The normalized content of total phospholipid, phosphatidylcholine (PC), and...
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